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ANALYSIS: Are the media giving Pope Francis a pass?

By Eric J. Lyman

c. 2013 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Are the media pulling their punches when it comes to Pope Francis? Whether it’s because he carries his...

Saint G.K. Chesterton? Some delight, others worry about effort to canonize writer

By Trevor Grundy

c. 2013 Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Christians and Jews are mounting campaigns for and against a path to sainthood for British writer G.K...

Pope to canonize John Paul II and John XXIII in April

By Eric J. Lyman

c. 2013 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be formally declared saints on April 27, 2014, the Vatican said Monday (Sept...

Conservatives promote House bill to protect opponents of gay marriage

By Lauren Markoe

c. 2013 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Conservatives are rallying around a House bill designed to protect religious people who advocate for traditional...

United Methodist high court to consider challenges to gay teachings

By Katherine Burgess

c. 2013 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Facing a wave of open defiance to church law, the top court of the United Methodist Church is set to consider...

Catholic chaplains given marching orders barring service to gay couples

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c. 2013 Religion News Service (RNS) Catholic military chaplains cannot be forced to witness or bless a same-sex marriage, nor are they allowed to take part in...

After years of decline, Catholics see rise in number of future priests

By Catharine Lynn Grossman

c. 2013 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) After decades of glum trends — fewer priests, fewer parishes — the Catholic Church in the United...

‘Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion’ exhibit probes the spirituality of everyday chaos

By Katherine Burgess

c. 2013 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Meet “Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion,” a saint everyone probably can relate to. The chaos of...

Pope Francis names assisting bishop for troubled Newark, N.J., archdiocese

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c. 2013 The Star-Ledger NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Pope Francis on Tuesday (Sept. 24) named a partner to Archbishop John J. Myers to govern the Archdiocese of Newark...

Benedict XVI emerges to defend his record on sexual abuse

By Eric J. Lyman

c. 2013 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, responding to a noted atheist mathematician and philosopher who had criticized his...

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